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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






2. How many calories/gram is protein?






3. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






4. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






5. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






6. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






7. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






8. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






9. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






10. What is RDA of protein?






11. What is the function of vitamin C?






12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






13. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






14. Name six sources of grains






15. Fats can lead to some medical problems






16. What function is vitamin D?






17. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






19. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






22. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






23. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






24. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






25. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






26. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






27. The higher the BMR a client has --






28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






29. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






30. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






31. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






32. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






34. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






35. What type of people need extra protein?






36. What are healthy sources of fats?






37. What is normal albumin levels?






38. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






39. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






40. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






41. What is normal BMI?






42. What does DASH stand for?






43. When does BMR decrease?






44. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






45. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






46. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






47. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






48. Where can you get more vitamin D?






49. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






50. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily